Please cite where Fr. Haley was convicted of betraying the privacy of confession or withdraw your nonsense.
Making a general observation gleaned from the confessional about the prevalence of a certain sin in a way that does not expose anyone is permitted.
As you can see, I was in the process of withdrawing it before your comments.
In fact, I never said he was convicted of it. What he appears to have tipped off to the press and what he heard in the confessional appear to be separate scandals.